PLANS for a 93-bedroom hotel to be built in the centre of Walton, despite a lack of parking, have been resubmitted.

Several design aspects of the application for a Premier Inn in Terrace Road have been altered since the original plans were withdrawn last year.

According to Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn, the new plans "address feedback received on elements of the design".

Despite this, concerns have been raised over the lack of changes to parking provision – an issue that was raised by residents when the first application was submitted.

The new plans, which are currently being consulted on, are for a three-storey building made up of two retail units and a 93-bedroom hotel on the site of the existing P&Q Home Stores.

The company said it had reduced the height of the building, as well as the number of bedrooms from 95 to 93.

A gap between the proposed hotel and Walton Methodist Church has been increased, "which allows the church to have greater presence and for views through to the trees behind", and the retail units set back.

According to the applicant, Oakhurst Real Estate and Europa Holdings Ltd, the original plans, which attracted 183 letters of objection, were withdrawn so the design could be "revised and improved".

Walton councillor Andrew Kelly said the building still remained, in part, five storeys high with an increase in floor area and only 13 parking spaces.

He said: “Despite the changes made, we feel that the height, bulk and design is out of keeping with the area.

“Unfortunately, the revised application has not changed the parking aspect – so it would remain just 13 spaces for the entire site and none for the 93-bedroom hotel.

“A lot of people would like to see the back of the P&Q building but the problem is the parking,

“I would say out of all the places in Elmbridge, Walton has the biggest parking problem. The only thing I think they could do is have underground parking.”

Cllr Kelly urged people to comment on the application.

The Walton Society has submitted a formal complaint to Surrey County Council about the authority’s handling of the transport assessment that was undertaken for the original application.

In a letter to Surrey’s chief executive, David McNulty, Walton Society honorary treasurer and acting secretary John Lisle said the authority had failed to notice a number of errors and discrepancies in the planning application and transport assessment.

The county council is consulted by planning authorities and applicants on transportation issues relating to development proposals.

In the eight-point letter, the society claimed the county council’s treatment of planning applications for a proposed Morrisons superstore in Weybridge and the Walton Premier Inn was "inconsistent", with the authority not supporting the Weybridge plans on the grounds of traffic impact.

The county council declined to comment because the matter was ongoing.